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Das belagerte Danzig eine Weltberühmte Haupt und Handelstatt des Polnischen Preussens, mit ihren Vorstaedten und der Weichselmünder Schanz wie solche vom 14. Febr. 1734 (The besieged Danzig, a world-famous headquarters and trading center of Polish Prussia, with its suburbs and the Vistula Mouth Schanz such as those of February 14, 1734)
Das belagerte Danzig eine Weltberühmte Haupt und Handelstatt des Polnischen Preussens, mit ihren Vorstaedten und der Weichselmünder Schanz wie solche vom 14. Febr. 1734 (The besieged Danzig, a world-famous headquarters and trading center of Polish Prussia, with its suburbs and the Vistula Mouth Schanz such as those of February 14, 1734)
Das belagerte Danzig eine Weltberühmte Haupt und Handelstatt des Polnischen Preussens, mit ihren Vorstaedten und der Weichselmünder Schanz wie solche vom 14. Febr. 1734 (The besieged Danzig, a world-famous headquarters and trading center of Polish Prussia, with its suburbs and the Vistula Mouth Schanz such as those of February 14, 1734)

Das belagerte Danzig eine Weltberühmte Haupt und Handelstatt des Polnischen Preussens, mit ihren Vorstaedten und der Weichselmünder Schanz wie solche vom 14. Febr. 1734 (The besieged Danzig, a world-famous headquarters and trading center of Polish Prussia, with its suburbs and the Vistula Mouth Schanz such as those of February 14, 1734)

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Date1735
Mediumcopper engraving on paper
Dimensions22 1/2 × 26 in. (57.2 × 66 cm)
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of the Albuquerque Museum Foundation from the Lucia v. B. Batten Estate
Object numberPC2020.51.85
DescriptionThis aerial map of Danzig with a white background contains a fortified city colored in yellow and blue. The upper edge of the map is east. There is a thin black line drawn around the map and a yellow swatch of color around the black line. Over the Baltic Sea along the left edge of the map, there is narrative text. There are many ships in the sea that are setting off cannons toward the land. Near the center top, there is a map key. Drawn over the lower portion of the map is a black and white illustration. Near the lower left corner, there is a house on fire with a cross and church nearby. At the center, there is a caravan of people on horseback. In the lower right corner, the city of Danzig is under siege by ships in the Baltic Sea. This portion of the illustration is framed, with the double cross and crown coat of arms of Danzig above it.
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